Butibori Power Project

Butibori Power Project is a 600 megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station of which the "first phase" 300MW unit is currently being constructed by Vidarbha Industries Power Limited (VIPL) a subsidiary of Reliance Power. The power station is being built at the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) area in Nagpur, Maharashtra. Reliance Power, states that 51% of the power from the first 300MW unit will be supplied to the industrial consumers with the remainder sold on contract.

Reliance power states that coal for the project would be "supplied by Western Coalfields Limited (WCL) and would be transported by the Railways. The water requirements for the power plant have been allocated from Vadgaon Dam on the Vena River in the Nagpur District."

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